Fifth-grade students at Indian Trail School had some very special guests of honor join them in class Sept. 28.
As part of their study of the story “The Memory Box,” each student was asked to interview a family member and write an essay based on the person’s answers. Many students interviewed grandparents, and one boy even had the opportunity to interview his 88-year-old great-grandmother.
To help students prepare for their oral history assignment, the class brainstormed topics and potential interview questions such as where the person went to school, their favorite/least favorite subject in school, where and when they were born, the costs of items such as movie tickets and gasoline, how kids dressed, and what they liked to do in their free time.
On Sept. 28, the interviewees were invited to be guests of honor at an afternoon Family Tea. They were introduced to the class, after which everyone enjoyed refreshments while the students read aloud the papers they had written.
